Out Of Ireland by Christopher Koch
A leader of the Young Ireland rebellion of 1948, Robert Devereux is an Irish gentleman who is prepared to hazard a life of privilege in the fight for his country's freedom. Transported to Van Diemen's Land as a political prisoner, he enters a life that greatly changes him, falling in love with a young Irish convict woman. Through Kathleen O'Rahilly he comes to know the people he's long romanticised; but his cause, and the life he has lost, will not let him go.
"These novels (Out of Ireland and Highways to a War) will surely become Australian classics" -- Robert Gray * The Australian's Review of Books *
"Robert Devereux is a splendid literary inventionKoch is magnificent in Out of Ireland... he has englarged our understanding of the capabilities of fiction" -- Michael Sharkey * Daily Telegraph (Sydney) *
"When you have read Out of Ireland you will have joined a circle of friends who lived and loved and struggled 150 years ago, and you will wonder how long it will be before you will read as great and compelling a book again" -- Richard O'Brien, Ambassador of Ireland to Australia
"Some of the finest writing in Australian fiction" * The Australian's Review of Books *
"Robert Devereux is a splendid literary inventionKoch is magnificent in Out of Ireland... he has englarged our understanding of the capabilities of fiction" -- Michael Sharkey * Daily Telegraph (Sydney) *
"When you have read Out of Ireland you will have joined a circle of friends who lived and loved and struggled 150 years ago, and you will wonder how long it will be before you will read as great and compelling a book again" -- Richard O'Brien, Ambassador of Ireland to Australia
"Some of the finest writing in Australian fiction" * The Australian's Review of Books *
Christopher Koch is of Irish, English and German ancestry. For a good deal of his life he was a broadcasting producer, working for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Sydney. He has lived and worked in London and elsewhere overseas. He has been a full-time writer since 1972, winning international praise and a number of awards for his novels - many of which are translated in a number of European countries. His novel, The Year of Living Dangerously, was made into a successful Hollywood film starring Mel Gibson and nominated for a Golden Palm at Cannes in 1983. And in 1995, Koch was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for his contribution to Australian literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099286974 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099286971 |
| Title | Out Of Ireland |
| Author | Christopher Koch |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2001-04-05 |
| Number of pages | 720 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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